Lost City, OK is a small rural town located in the heart of Oklahoma. Despite its small size and population, politics in Lost City are just as important as they are anywhere else. The town is governed by an elected mayor and city council members who set the policies that shape the local community. During election season, residents actively participate in the political process, voting for candidates of their choice to represent them in government. In recent years, several new candidates have emerged in Lost City, offering different perspectives on how to best lead the community forward. Community members continue to be engaged and involved in the political process despite its size, ensuring that their voices continue to be heard in local government decisions.
The political climate in Lost City, OK is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, OK is strongly conservative. In Cherokee County, OK 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lost City, OK is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Tahlequah Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Oklahoma is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lost City, Oklahoma: d r R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lost City, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $27,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $489 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $6,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)